Boulderganic
Boulder going Beta
In the fall of 2009, Boulder combined four divisions — the Planning Department, the Office of Environmental Affairs and the Economic Vitality and Community Sustainability programs — into a new department. Back then, City Manager Jane Brautigam said, “The new ...
The hidden effects of green homes
Though inactivity, smoking, and a lack of time spent in the great outdoors have all contributed to the staggering rise in asthma in past decades, some of the factors that contribute to asthma, which now affects an estimated 24.6 million Americans, may be ...
Business takes baby steps in eco-entrepreneurship
Lisa and Glenn Cratty were looking for a better quality of life when they relocated their young family to Louisville from Los Angeles in 2009. But while looking for another job in her field of corporate management, Lisa realized that the dream could still elude her...
Climate scientists say effects of global warming are more urgent than...
Climate change threatens to become “severe, pervasive and irreversible,” according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
eco-briefs | Week of March 13
Climate warming allows invasive species to invade alpine vegetation...
Eco-briefs | City to hand out free reuseable bags ahead of...
CITY TO HAND OUT FREE REUSABLE BAGS AHEAD OF FEE...
Conference puts food economy on table
Transition Colorado is the reorganized, combined version of nonprofits Transition Boulder and Boulder County Going Local...
Peeking in on priceless plants
The doors to a prized collection of plants are opening to Boulder — for just a few people and only briefly. On Nov. 8, the CU greenhouse on 30th Street will allow a few people in to tour the greenhouse and develop a better understanding of the work that happens at ...
Easter chicks for Earth Day
If Bo and Nancy DeAngelo’s kids are hunting for eggs this weekend, it won’t be the first time this week they’ve gone to the yard looking for eggs. And the ones they’ll return with won’t be hard-boiled and dyed. They’ll be freshly laid and ready to be made into ...
Organics going international
Colorado’s organic farms may soon get a big boost from some faraway customers: members of the European Union...